Randy Pitchford is a rat

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware.

Important Info in Terms of Service:
• Mods are a bannable offense
• Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable
• Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area
• You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers
• Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC

Collected Data Types:
• Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address
• Protected Characteristics: Age and gender
• Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information
• Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address
• Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications
• Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls)
• Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest
• Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting)
• Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

AS OF THIS REVIEW, THE 2K TERMS OF SERVICE TURN THIS TITLE INTO SPYWARE, therefore negative score from me.
If this does not bother you, review below.




It's a good game.

That said, it does have quite a few flaws, and it annoys me in a particular way because they ALMOST got it right with a few things, only to fumble the concept for what feels like no reason.

A list, so that I remain somewhat coherent:
- the game has collectibles (which is fine), said collectibles influence gameplay (which is amazing), BUT there are entirely TOO MANY OF them; the rewards only come at the end of the game, with the exception of the Shrines; for all that I find it neat to see 100% on the World Map and all the bonuses on my character, collecting them was an absolute chore AND only the Loot Dice seem to count for all your characters at once
- locations were improved by the multiple floors / levels / platforms and upward movement, BUT the platforming is clumsy at best (navigation was nice when going through a quest and abysmal when gathering collectibles)
- end-game content is fun for a while, but even in-universe feels pointless
- the new melee system is fun, as are the spells and Action Skills, BUT the skill trees contain mostly unnoticeable improvements outside said 2 (!) Action Skills for each class.

The story is good, if one does not have expectations that the Borderlands series has never met. I mean, I like BL2 the most, and it had the best story to date, but to deny its weak parts is to do it a disservice. I also liked the fleshing out of Tiny Tina and the cameos from the main games. Did not mind the new side characters overmuch - I dare to say they grew on me, as did the B & B shenanigans.


Should its rough edges - or, more importantly, the ♥♥♥♥-tier ToS - not discourage you,
ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!

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